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Wardman Learning

A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.

A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.
Primary Literacy SEND Dyslexic table top support bundle
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Primary Literacy SEND Dyslexic table top support bundle

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A collection of my most popular table top resources for Literacy support. Useful for all children but especially good for SEND and Dyslexic children to help with any memory issues they may experience and to take some of the burden off their working memory when writing. Save 40% when bought as a bundle.
History PowerPoint slide design template bundle
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History PowerPoint slide design template bundle

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A collection of PowerPoint design templates: Roman Greek Early Man Vikings (buy as a bundle and get one free - 4 for the price of 3) The slides include: front cover agenda famous quote activity sheets with images relating to the topic conclusion final talk to your partner about what you have learned Fully editable and ready for classroom use.
Primary Maths - Problem Solving styles and examples
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Primary Maths - Problem Solving styles and examples

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A document outlining the different styles of questions around problem solving in maths. There are many, including more than one answer, missing numbers, odd one out, 1 or 2 step problems, logical thinking, patterns, generalisation and non-examples. The document includes the skills that children will need to solve these problems and examples of what they look like. This is intended to support teachers within the primary phase to effectively teach maths problem solving in class. As maths lead, I have distributed this to staff and asked them to ensure they expose the children to each one each year.
Primary Science bunting FORCES AND MAGNETS display
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Primary Science bunting FORCES AND MAGNETS display

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The forces and magnets bunting is bright and engaging for an impressive science display in any classroom. Each flag has a colourful, high-quality image of a magnet with iron filings attracted in different orientations to reflect the topic being taught and support learning within the unit. The flags include the full alphabet so that the title reflects the specific wording that you would like - magnets and forces, the force of magnets, the power of forces and magnets… The document will be a pdf format and so enlarging and reducing should be easy using the printing tools. There is a step-by-step guide at the end of the document to help you as well.
Primary Science bunting WEATHER display
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Primary Science bunting WEATHER display

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The weather bunting is bright and engaging for an impressive science display in any classroom. Each flag has a colourful, high-quality image of a different type of weather to reflect the topic being taught and support learning within the unit. The flags include the full alphabet so that the title reflects the specific wording that you would like - weather, weather in the UK, our weather, what will the weather be today… The document will be a pdf format and so enlarging and reducing should be easy using the printing tools. There is a step-by-step guide at the end of the document to help you as well.
Primary Science bunting MATERIALS display
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Primary Science bunting MATERIALS display

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The material bunting is bright and engaging for an impressive science display in any classroom. Each flag has a colourful, high-quality image of an object made of different materials to reflect the topic being taught and support learning within the unit. The flags include the full alphabet so that the title reflects the specific wording that you would like - materials, science around us, what things are made from… The document will be a pdf format and so enlarging and reducing should be easy using the printing tools. There is a step-by-step guide at the end of the document.
Colourful alphabet bunting display support resource
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Colourful alphabet bunting display support resource

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Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. These flags are bright and engaging for an impressive display in any classroom. They cover the complete alphabet so that the title reflects the specific wording that you need. They have lines to reinforce letter formation and size as well as being colourful and welcoming. There are 2 sets - one with a printed font and the second a cursive font so you choose the one that best suits your school’s handwriting policy.
Early Man PowerPoint template
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Early Man PowerPoint template

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Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about Early Man. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Early Man on the slides, they are designed to have Early Man images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
Ancient Greece PowerPoint template
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Ancient Greece PowerPoint template

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Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about the Ancient Greece. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Ancient Greece on the slides, they are designed to have Greek images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
Roman History PowerPoint slide design templates
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Roman History PowerPoint slide design templates

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A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and suited to the Romans topic. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text. The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own. Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
Viking history PowerPoint slide design template
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Viking history PowerPoint slide design template

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A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and focuses on the blood-thirsty nature of the Vikings. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text. If you want more slides duplicate the slide required to ensure the design and style is maintained. The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own. Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
A-Z inside churches presentation  for teachers, CPD, parent or pupil
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A-Z inside churches presentation for teachers, CPD, parent or pupil

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A bright and engaging illustrated dictionary of things you might find in a church. It could be used as CPD by history/RE/Literacy subject leads in school, teacher knowledge if using a local church, parent knowledge if home schooling or for pupils to carry as they investigate a church. Pupils could use it like a checklist or as a reference to extend their knowledge. A great reference for a range of subjects and a range of purposes.
A personal dictionary Dyslexic SEND table top template
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A personal dictionary Dyslexic SEND table top template

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An effective tool for all children but especially those with dyslexia or SEND and experiencing short term memory issues. This small booklet has simple colors on the cover to support any colour sensitivity and this makes it easier to copy on to coloured paper or card. The dictionary can be populated with useful words or can track the misspellings of the child to support their independent use when writing.
Literacy sound, word and sentence support Dyslexic SEND
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Literacy sound, word and sentence support Dyslexic SEND

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An effective support for any primary child, dyslexic student or SEND pupil. Print a copy and put on the table to remind children of the letter formation families, the writing process, a sentence checklist, a sounds mat on the back and a personal dictionary inside. It is colourful and bright to engage the user and support their long term memory of key literacy skills.
Catchy handwriting family poster table resource
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Catchy handwriting family poster table resource

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These catchy handwriting families makes learning letter formation fun and easy to remember. They are grouped into letters with similar formations (Curly-wurly family using a c formation, Bouncing family with letters that fall down and bounce back up, Soldier family with letters that have a straight back, Smiley family has letters with rounded bottoms like a smiley face and the Dangerous family that contains letters with sharp edges). This is a poster or a table top support. There is a presentation in the shop if you want something bigger for the shared screen.
Handwriting families catchy letter formation for primary school
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Handwriting families catchy letter formation for primary school

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A catchy way to introduce letter formation groups and to continue practice throughout the primary years. There is the curly-wurly family (all c based letter formation), the bouncing family (letters that fall down and bounce back up), the soldier family (straight line, standing tall letters), the smiley family (rounded bottom letters) and the dangerous family (containing all the letters with sharp edges). A presentation that can be used for posters or on the Interactive White Board.
Inspiration for using ruins to teach primary history in schools and at home
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Inspiration for using ruins to teach primary history in schools and at home

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This PowerPoint investigates how ruins can offer an insight into the history of a buiilding, a village, national history and can be used as the incentive for a larger project including art and design and technology. It provides ideas for using the ruins themselves as a learning tool for the building’s history and then ideas for a wider project. If you are thinking of using local ruins, then this is a presentation to use before you plan your unit of work.
Primary history subject development using the local area to understand local history
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Primary history subject development using the local area to understand local history

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This PowerPoint outlines how primary teachers and home-schoolers can use the local area for a unit of work in History. It takes the teacher through the resources that they can use to support a rich and multi-sourced investigation. It is intended to be used by the History Subject Lead as CPD or for a teacher / parent who needs help to plan a unit of work. There are embedded links to useful sites within the slides themselves, where sources have been suggested.
Using historic artefacts in the primary classroom CPD PowerPoint
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Using historic artefacts in the primary classroom CPD PowerPoint

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A PowerPoint for History Subject Leads to train staff in primary schools. The PowerPoint is around the effective use of artefacts in the classroom. It focuses on asking questions and using observation skills. It contains games that can be used in the primary classroom from the Foundation Stage to Year 6. Download and edit to personalise to your school.